‘With unmatched expertise and passion, Abidin takes the reader on a fascinating, almost two decades-long anthropological journey to show how children have become #internet famous.’ Andra Siibak Crystal Abidin’s 'Child Influencers' is out now! See more: politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

Check out the article "Meaningfully playful: Gender, sexuality, and civic imaginations in Korean and Chinese fandom cultures", authored by Do Own (Donna) Kim and Fang Wu, in our Online First section. doi.org/10.1177/1367... #IJCSOnlineFirst @doowndonnakim.bsky.social

New article, right before #NCA25! "Non-player characters and the nonhuman: Insights and scoping review toward critical posthumanist human-machine communication." The Communication Review. doi.org/10.1080/1071.... I needed this review myself to (re)think&write about emergent AI cultures, so I did it!

Happy to finally share! Now out in New Media & Society: "Meta-authenticity and fake but real virtual influencers: A framework for artificial sociality analysis and ethics". As part of special issue Decoding Artificial Sociality by Drs. Iliana Depounti & Simone Natale. DOI: doi.org/10.1177/1461...

Just out in International Journal of Cultural Studies! "Meaningfully playful: Gender, sexuality, and civic imaginations in Korean and Chinese fandom cultures" doi.org/10.1177/1367... Wonderful to write w/ Dr. Fang Wu😊 Korean & Chinese fandoms, pop culture, "meaningful" participation & more! #commsky

Thank you #ICA25 and old & new friends for excellent inspirations and love! HMC, games, pop cultures, like AYCE kbbq; I am leaving full & happy (also need a nap & shower). Denver💖: my Pikmin postcards (if you want Chicago/UIC cards or maybe collab someday👀, dm/email me!) + cow-trouts and friends.

New pub! My piece on AI and teaching, "Reflection-AI: artificial intelligence or algorithmic instruction problem? Empowering students through situated knowledges-based reflexivity" is now available open access in Frontiers in Communication. doi.org/10.3389/fcom...

Really looking forward to this!

Heading towards the end of our OSCARS WATCH series, we have Part One of a two-part conversation piece on THE SUBSTANCE by @doowndonnakim.bsky.social @gtroitman.bsky.social and @utsavpgandhi.bsky.social. Stay tuned for Part Two.

I wrote about #TheSubstance movie, "love yourself :(" Korean meme, ajumma pants, and comedian Kang Yumi's YouTube parody Yumistance. @popjunctions.bsky.social 2025 #Oscars series. henryjenkins.org/blog/2025/2/... Part 2 conversation w/ @utsavpgandhi.bsky.social & @gtroitman.bsky.social coming soon!

Physical contexts (still) matter. New pub in Communication Monographs #commsky "Remapping visibility Layerability of gay dating apps and hybrid placemaking in Seoul, Korea" doi.org/10.1080/0363... Based on interviews w Korea's gay dating app users & their hybrid placemaking, I propose “layerability"

Looking forward to meeting new folks and catching up at #ICA25! My paper is on video game non-player/playing/playable characters (NPCs), critical posthumanism, and human-machine communication. Excited to nerd out together.

Trying out Bluesky! Probably mainly for academic updates/connecting (comm, tech, game, digital cultures, etc) and cat accounts. Since this is my first post, a lil self-intro by name: Hi, I'm Do Own (full first name; I'm not Do!) Kim 김도온. A friendly way to call me in Korean is 도온아, so I go by Donna.👋